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1. Scientific Cooperation for Sustainable Regional Development
The UfM Roadmaps: Realising cross-border and region-wide cooperation
12 December from 9.15 - 12.30 CET
(all times CET)
09.15 – 09.30 Registration, logging in
09.30 – 09.40 Welcome and Opening words
- Alvaro Albacete, Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education and Research, UfM
- Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, President, EMUNI
09.40 – 10.00 Keynote Speeches
- HRH Princess Sumaya Bint Al-Hassan, President, The Royal Scientific Society Jordan (TBC)
- Maria Cristina Russo, Director of Global Approach and International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
10.00 – 10.10 Science and Innovation Diplomacy in the Mediterranean
- Alicia Pérez-Porro, Scientific Coordinator, CREAF, Spain (TBC)
10.10 – 10.20 Research and Innovation Agenda for the Mediterranean region
- Giuseppe Provenzano, Project Manager, Higher Education & Research Division, UfM
10.20 – 11.10 Key areas in the context of the UfM R&I Agenda/Roadmap
- Moderated by Heba Gaber, Science Counsellor at EU Delegation to Egypt
- Health – Sonia Abdelhak, Senior Biologist, Institut Pasteur, Tunisia (TBC)
- Climate change – Mohamed Behnassi, Senior Environmentalist at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), Morocco
- Renewable Energy – Sara Rainieri, Professor, Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Italy (TBC)
11.10 – 11.30 Q&A
11.30 – 12.00 Countries´ perspectives on regional opportunities and challenges
- Discussion moderated by Mounir Ghribi, Director, International Cooperation and Research Promotion, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Italy
12.00 – 12.30 Wrap up and conclusions
- Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, President, EMUNI
- Alvaro Albacete, Deputy Secretary General, UfM
2. Skills for Science Policy Interface
Capacity Building on the skills required at the interface of science and policy
14 December from 9.15 - 12.30 CET
(all times CET)
09.15 – 09.30 Registration, logging in
09.30 – 09.45 Welcome, context & purpose of the event
- Jerneja Penca, Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)
09.45 – 10.15 What does it take to work at the interface of science and policy?
- Lorenzo Melchor Fernandez, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
10.15 – 10.45 Tour de table of participants
10.45 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Key skills, presentations by reference to case studies
11.00 – 11.30 Identifying needs, engaging with policy makers and scientists
- Tim Flink, Scientific Advisor, Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment at the Federal Parliament of Germany
11.30 – 12.00 Producing relevant scientific evidence
- Charlotte Rungius, Researcher, Humboldt University
12.00 – 12.30 Communicating at the science-policy interface
- Jakov Bojović, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Writing
12.30 – 12.40 Q&A
12.40 – 12.45 Wrap up and conclusions
- Jerneja Penca, Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)
- Giuseppe Provenzano, Project Manager, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)